The University of Coimbra and the Independence of Brazil: Documentary and bibliographical exhibition catalogue
Synopsis
The University of Coimbra was the alma mater of many of the key players in Brazil's Independence. Between 1822 and 1831, despite the illiteracy of the overwhelming majority of the Brazilian population, 86.7% of Ministers, Senators and Councillors had a university degree and 71.8% of these had obtained their qualification in Coimbra. The Brazilian historian J. Murilo de Carvalho has even attributed the unity of the new independent country to the Coimbra background of its intellectual elites. In the year in which the 200th anniversary of this event is being celebrated, the UC has designed an exhibition of 66 original pieces of documentation, which clearly show their involvement in the process of Independence. The project originated with a request made to the General Library of the University of Coimbra by the Vice-Rector for External Relations and Alumni, which was immediately joined by the University Archive.
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